Adjustable hanging rack



March 19, 1935.

' M. GREIMS ADJUSTABLE HANGING RACK Filed Oct. 18, 1933 INVENTQR.

Meri'ow Greizns,

ds/ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 19 1935 uNiTEosrA rEs ADJUSTABLE HANGING RACK Merton Greims, Philadelphia, Pa. Application October 18, 1933, Serial No. 694,186 1 Claim. ((31. Ell-94) This invention relatesto adjustable hanging racks; and it comprises in combination, bracket means adapted for attachment to a wall, arm means on said bracket means adapted to detachably hold a transverse bar, a transverse bar carried by the arm means and a plurality of sliding supporting means carried on said transverse bar; all as more fully hereinafter set forth and as claimed.

'10 In the art to which the present invention relates it has been a desideratum to provide a strong, light, rack adapted to be mounted on a wall as in a kitchen and having hooked supports for carrying pots and the like, provision being made for adjusting the spacing of the supporting hooks to accommodate different size articles hung therefrom, and to provide means for adjusting the number of hooks according to requirements. Various arrangements have been proposed for meeting these requirements, but they are usually clumsy, difiicult to clean, and unsightly.

In the present invention I provide an adjustable hanging rack adapted to be readily attached to a wall, and comprising a removable transverse bar upon which are mounted a plurality of sliding hooks. The transverse bar is readily removable for changing the number of hooks and by suitably spacing the supporting brackets any length of transverse bar and any number of hooks may be used.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown more or less diagrammatically a hanging rack within my invention. In these showings,

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of the complete rack;

Fig. 2 is a view in elevation-of one of the end brackets;

Fig. 3 is a side view of said bracket;

Fig. 4 is a front view of one of the sliding hooks;

Fig. 5 is a side view of the same;

Fig. 6 is a front View of a middle supporting bracket;

Fig. 7 is a side view of the same; and

Fig. 8 is a partial view of a modified form of transverse bar having indentations for holding the sliding hooks.

In the showings, in which like reference characters indicate like parts throughout, numeral 1 50 refers to the face plate of an end supporting bracket carrying an arm member 2 spaced away from the face plate as at 3. Member 2 is threaded to receive an adjusting thumb screw 4 having a. knurled head 5. Ordinarily I provide two of these brackets as shown in Fig. 1. Extending replace the middle bracket 8 by a bracket such as between the end brackets and carried in the memher 2 is a transverse fiat bar 6 advantageously having its edges rounded as at 7. The bar is retained in each end bracket by the adjusting screw. On the bar are slidably mounted .a plurality of 5 sliding, slotted hooks 13 adapted to slide snugly along the bar and be retained against displacement by frictional contact with the bar. The hooks as shown comprise an extending shank 14 with upward extension 15 forming a hook adapted 10 to carry pots, etc; as shown in Fig. 5. The slots in the sliding hooks are made narrow, as shown, snugly fitting the bar on all sides, and hence cooperate with the transverse bar to prevent tilting or rotational displacement of the hooks while al lowing ready-adjustment lengthwise of the ban The ends of the bar being securely held in the bracket arms, there is-no way for the sliding hooks to slip or tilt and let objects hung therefrom drop.

In case the end brackets l are mounted a considerable distance apart, or the rack is to be used for hanging heavy objects, I provide additional supporting means for the center. of the bar. -A's shown in Figs. 1, 6 and 7, the middlesupporting bracket takes the form of a face plate having per forations 12 adapted for screws to hold the bracket to the wall, and an upwardly extending arm member 9 similar to the arm f the end brackets and spaced away from the face plate as at 10.

The arm is shown as carrying an extending hook 11 similar to that on the sliding hooks 13. In case the bar is excessively long, I may use more than one of these auxiliary brackets. The hook. may be omitted if desired.

Ordinarily, frictional contact is sufiicient to hold the sliding hooks where positioned, but in some cases I provide the transverse bar with a plurality of detents, as shown at 16 in Fig. 8, for retaining the hooks in certain definite positions.

When it is desired to change the number of 40 hooks or to clean the various parts of the rack, it is simply necessary to unscrew the two holding screws 4, lift out the transverse bar and slip off' the sliding hooks. Reassembling the rack is as simple. I

My hanging rack is susceptible of several modifications. For light supporting purposes, such as holding tooth brushes, cups or the like, the triple support as shown in Fig. 1 is not required. I may shown in Figs. 2 and 3; and omit the end brackets, leaving the transverse bar held only in the middle. Instead of hooked members as shown, rings, snap hooks or the like may be provided for I special purposes. If desired, the bracket memher 2 as in Figs. 2 and 3 may extend clear over the transverse bar, being attached to the face plate at two points for extra strength. For light hangers, a spring snap may replace the screw 4.

My hanging rack readily lends itself to construction in various metals. I find it particularly advantageous to make the parts of the rack of aluminumor its alloys or of cadmium plated metal. The rack thus made presents an attractive appearance and is also untarnishable under ordinary conditions of use as in a kitchen. The parts of the rack may be formed either by stamping or casting.

What I claim is:

The combination of a bar, suitably spaced bar supporting means, and hooks slidably mounted on the bar, said supporting means including a bracket provided with a hook integral therewith and corresponding in dimensions and shape with said slidably mounted hooks.

VMERTON GREIMS. 

